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Today I was diagnosed with cancer. Yesterday I retired after being ultra frugal for 40 years and saving diligently for my retirement. MMT

#6277 (4) - Apr 8, 2010 by storyofmylife - Sad - Yes, that made me think too! (1140) - No, that made me sleepy. (48)

Today, my close friend died in a car accident when she swerved off the road to avoid a toddler who accidentally ran into the street. MMT

#6265 (2) - Apr 7, 2010 by Em - Sad - Yes, that made me think too! (1873) - No, that made me sleepy. (56)

Today, on the one year anniversary of my boyfriend’s death, I decided it was time to clear his clothes out of our closet. In one of his coat pockets I found a diamond engagement ring and concert tickets to my favorite band dated the Saturday after he passed. MMT

#6227 (13) - Apr 5, 2010 by Meg - Sad - Yes, that made me think too! (3633) - No, that made me sleepy. (44)

Today, the local newspaper called me a hero for rescuing her from her fire engulfed apartment. But it failed to mention that I could hear her one-year-old crying in the other room and I was just too scared to help him. MMT

#6214 (29) - Apr 4, 2010 by tooscared - Sad - Yes, that made me think too! (2048) - No, that made me sleepy. (52)

Today, after everything she’s done to me, I wish I still didn’t love her. Every day I try to convince myself that I don’t. And I’ve done a good job fooling others. All I need now is to fool myself. MMT

#6199 (9) - Apr 3, 2010 by Anonymous - Sad - Yes, that made me think too! (994) - No, that made me sleepy. (260)

Today, I realized that it’s not the mental and physical abuse that scares me the most. It’s the fact that my mom keeps running back to him despite the abuse. MMT

#6180 (1) - Apr 2, 2010 by sickening - Sad - Yes, that made me think too! (1043) - No, that made me sleepy. (54)

Today, the drunk driver who killed my husband and son five years ago was released from prison on parole. MMT

#6154 (9) - Apr 1, 2010 by lostlove - Sad - Yes, that made me think too! (1204) - No, that made me sleepy. (110)

Today, I dressed up as Santa Claus for a Santa Claus themed pub crawl in Chicago. All the kids we passed on the street loved the costumes. A little girl came up to me at one point and said, “Santa, do you grant wishes?” I said, “Yes.” She grinned and said, “I wish I didn’t have AIDS anymore.” MMT

#6042 (5) - Mar 29, 2010 by santa - Sad - Yes, that made me think too! (2483) - No, that made me sleepy. (51)

Today, my wife checked herself into an alcohol rehab clinic after she glanced up at me while she was eating her breakfast and asked how I got a black eye and fingernail scratches all over my face. MMT

#5956 (2) - Mar 26, 2010 by JayKay - Sad - Yes, that made me think too! (1785) - No, that made me sleepy. (41)

Today she passed away. Yesterday she crashed her car. The day before yesterday we booked our wedding venue. MMT

#5940 (10) - Mar 25, 2010 by xoxo - Sad - Yes, that made me think too! (2540) - No, that made me sleepy. (59)

Today, just before she closed her eyes, she kissed me and said, “For a moment I was scared because I thought the blood staining our clothes was not mine, but yours, and that I was holding you, not the other way around.” MMT

#5934 (2) - Mar 24, 2010 by inacoma - Sad - Yes, that made me think too! (1732) - No, that made me sleepy. (86)

Today, as our son sat on my lap crying because you canceled on him again, I realized that I miss the person you were, but I don’t miss you. MMT

#5892 (1) - Mar 21, 2010 by suppa - Sad - Yes, that made me think too! (1582) - No, that made me sleepy. (74)

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